Exposition, or "I first came to Chicago..."

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Exposition, or “I first came to Chicago...”

Hi, folks. My name’s vienna_waits, and my topic is exposition and how to gracefully work it into a story. After a general discussion of the key elements driving your use of exposition, I’ll outline several strategies and show they can be used effectively with examples from both canon and fic. (Please note I will only be pulling good, Paul-Gross-arms-worthy stuff from people’s fic here. Yay for well-done exposition!) For the purposes of this post, I’m going to define exposition as “background information that references a) things that happened before the story began, or b) things that happened during the story but are not shown on-screen.”
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Admin: more volunteers

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In a few days, dkwilliams is up with the question: "how to know when you've reached the end". That means we need a volunteer to be on deck to go next!

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To grab the spot after dkwilliams, please to comment here to claim it!

Also! Please DO keep adding questions to the list! It's totally fair to ask questions that are related to topics already covered. For instance, nos4a2no9 gave us a great post on plot-driven casefic, but plot is a huge and complex subject and we've only talked about one part of it. (Romance plots work differently than case-plots, for example.) So, remember that the list is always open to more additions! :D

This is turning out beautifully and I'm so thrilled! Yay fandom!! \o/